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192 Test font choices quickly in CC

192 Test font choices quickly in CC - InDesign Tutorial

From the course: InDesign Secrets

192 Test font choices quickly in CC

- I know it's hard to believe, but I don't always know exactly what font I want to use. Sometimes I have to try two or three or maybe 50 before I find one I like. Fortunately, InDesign CC has a couple of cool hidden features that let's me do this pretty easily. The first thing I wanna point out, is that if you're trying to change the font for all the texts inside of a text frame, don't grab the Type tool and select all that text. The reason is, you can't see the font clearly because you have this big, black, blocky area around it. That doesn't help you at all. So instead, simply select the text frame with the Selection tool, and then choose the Type tool. I'm not going to select the text, I'm simply selecting the tool. And when I do that, the Control Panel changes to show me the Type controls, and as long as the character formatting is showing, that means I've selected this little "A" in the upper left corner of the Control Panel, I can change my font for all the text inside that…

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